This story appears in the March 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. The secret world of the old Shanghai bomb shelter seems to exist in a parallel universe. On the sun-splashed street ...

Determined to capture the city before it disappeared, Girard began photographing the city's old neighborhoods. Over the course of eight years, Girard captured the ghosts of Shanghai - the century ...

The development has triggered a huge backlash among many who feel that the construction is killing Shanghai’s unique ... to not just photograph the old buildings themselves, but also to ...